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US Biodiversity (continued)



Dear C-Birders,

According to The Nature Conservancy, the following states have the greatest 
species diversity for each subdivision.

mammals: CA (195)
birds: TX (477 breeding birds)
reptiles: TX (149)
amphibians: NC (84)
fish: AL (284)
plants: CA (5,418)

NC came in 9th for total animal species (4,131). SC was 14th (3,701).

NC has had 12 animal extinctions; SC has had 5.

NC came in 11th for plant diversity (2,771). SC was 12th (2,582).

For more details and the full report, check out 
http://nature.org/earthday/work

Leah Campbell
Blackstock, SC
leahcam@lycos.com
faeriemaiden@hotmail.com


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